By KYLE HOPKINS for ADN.com Pet lovers donated $6,000 as of Wednesday afternoon to a fund created to care for scores of skinny huskies at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough animal shelter, organizers said. Troopers seized the dogs from a breeder in the Montana Creek area of the Susitna Valley earlier this week. More than 20 were [...]
By Diane Herbst for Tonic.com Maty, a rescued Australian Shepherd mix, comforts feral kittens and transforms them into sweet, friendly purring machines. When Maty’s left leg was amputated shortly after birth, the Australian Shepherd mix adjusted just fine. She jumped and leaped her way to two appearances at World Frisbee competitions as the first three-legged [...]
With the recent addition of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Pet Food Express, more than 1,000 independent pet stores in 42 states and the District of Columbia have now signed The Humane Society of the United States’ Puppy Friendly Pet Store pledge, committing not to sell puppies and to support local pet adoption programs instead. [...]
BY RACHEL RICHARDSON For Cincinnati.com Cincinnati, OHIO — Homeowners aren’t the only ones losing their homes as foreclosure rates remain high. Animal rescue organizations report sharp increase in animals especially from families who can’t make their mortgages and have no way of caring for their pets. That rise comes while shelters struggle to stay afloat [...]
From The Washington Post Willis, the long-lost Clumber spaniel, was in just about the worst pickle a dog could be in: Lost, hundreds of miles from home, he had been put on the equivalent of death row at the Tri County Animal Shelter in Hughesville, Md. Picked up by animal control officers in Charles County [...]
